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Article • May 15, 2007
FL Investigator Must Interview Requested, Unknown Witness in Disciplinary Hearing by FL Investigator Must Interview Requested, Unknown Witness in Disciplinary Hearing Florida's First District Court of Appeal held that a prisoner who requested, as witnesses to his disciplinary infraction, prisoners in the cells adjacent to his own administrative confinement cell, …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoner Must Know Illicit Nature of Substance to Possess Drugs by Florida's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that to be convicted of possession of contraband in a prison, predicated on possession of marijuana, the prisoner must not only possess the substance but must also be aware of the …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoner's Mandamus Petition Must Detail Facts Supporting Witness Denial at Disciplinary Hearing by FL Prisoner's Mandamus Petition Must Detail Facts Supporting Witness Denial at Disciplinary Hearing Florida's First District Court of Appeal held that a prisoner bringing a petition for a writ of mandamus alleging the denial of witnesses …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Prisoners May Have Right to Notice and Hearing Before Transfer by The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded a Florida prisoner's complaint that alleged he was transferred from a medium security prison to a close custody confinement prison without notice or a hearing. The court …
Article • May 15, 2007
Montana Supreme Court Upholds Jury Verdict in Death Action by In this case involving an escaped teenage prisoner who shot and killed another boy, the Montana Supreme Court upheld a jury's verdict in favor of the state. Originally committed to the Pine Hills youth prison as a serious juvenile offender, …
Montana Supreme Court Upholds State's Sex Offender Registration Act by The Montana Supreme Court held that the state's sex offender registration act could be applied retroactively and did not violate an offender's rights under the state or federal constitutions. In 1989 Montana enacted the Sexual Offender Registration Act, which required …
Article • May 15, 2007
Municipal Judge Not Policy Maker in Arrestee's Toilet Denial Suit by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a municipal judge does not act as a policy maker to impute liability against a city. The pro se plaintiff in this case filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging …
Guard's Medical and Drug History Discloseable in Discovery by A Wisconsin federal district court held that a prisoner was entitled to receive in discovery a guard's medical and urine test report. This action was filed by a prisoner at Wisconsin's Green Bay Correctional Institution, alleging guards beat him. The magistrate …
Immunity Granted to Sex Offenders in Treatment by The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that Gary Tate was entitled to immunity for statements made during court-imposed sex offender treatment, and the revocation of his probation for refusing to make admissions to his crime without immunity was improper. Tate, 47, was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Second Circuit: Lack of Standing Invalidates Strip Search Ban by On January 20, 2004, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal district court's order enjoining a New York county jail from performing unconstitutional strip searches was erroneous because the plaintiff lacked standing. In July 1995, attorney …
Article • May 15, 2007
Settlement's Retention of Jurisdiction for Enforcement is Functional Equivalent of Consent Decree by Settlement's Retention of Jurisdiction for Enforcement is Functional Equivalent of Consent Decree The Eleventh Circuit of Appeals has held a Florida settlement agreement's provision that retains "the district court's jurisdiction for enforcement of the agreement" is the …
Sex Offender Must Meet Stigma-Plus Test to Sue for Reputation Damage by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that reputational damage alone is insufficient to constitute a protected liberty interest. This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action was brought by a minor against nine employees of the Hale County Department …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sexually Harassed California Prison Employees Awarded $1,978,376 by On February 18, 1997, a California superior court awarded three female prison employees a total of $1,978,376 for sexual harassment they experienced while working at a state prison. Plaintiffs, guards Blanche Leslie Ratcliff, 39, and Amber Gros, 40, assistant warden Linda George, …
Sexually Harassed Prison Kitchen Worker Awarded $90,000 by On August 20, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky awarded $90,000 to a prison kitchen worker who was sexually harassed by a prison captain. The judgment was against her former employer, Kellwell Food Management (KFM). While working …
Summary Judgment Granted to Virginia Jail Officials in Pretrial Detainee's Death by Summary Judgment Granted to Virginia Jail Officials in Pretrial Detainee's Death The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court's grant of summary judgment dismissing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment claims of deliberate …
Summary Judgment of Tennessee Prisoner's Appeal of Disciplinary Ruling Reversed by Summary Judgment of Tennessee Prisoner's Appeal of Disciplinary Ruling Reversed In this case involving a prison disciplinary proceeding, the Tennessee Court of Appeals held that material factual disputes surrounding a prisoner's waiver of his right to 24-hour notice and …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supreme Court Overturns Dismissal of §1983 Action by Supreme Court Overturns Dismissal of §1983 Action The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court's judgment dismissing an Illinois prisoner's action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and ordering him to pay the respondent's attorney fees, which …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supreme Court Prohibits School Prayer by The United States Supreme Court held that public schools may not include invocations and benedictions in the form of prayer at graduation ceremonies. This action was brought by a student of the Providence, Rhode Island public schools and her father, who sought a temporary …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Awarded $100 for Delayed Pain Medication by On December 30, 2003, a court of claims in Albany, New York awarded a state prisoner $100 for pain and suffering associated with the prison's failure to timely provide pain medication after he broke his hand. Plaintiff Jonathan Greene, a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ninth Circuit's One-Interlocutory-Appeal Rule Overturned by The U.S. Supreme Court held that denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity was an appealable "final decision" despite a prior appeal on the same grounds. Respondent, Robert J. Pelletier, brought an action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. …
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